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Week One 8/6 to 8/10 BRAINSTORMING BOX:

Letters & Sight words (RFK3.c)

Letters: Say the alphabet

Sight Words: -

Theme:

Welcome to Kindergarten

Speaking and Listening:

Speaking in complete sentences

Rules for conversation

o Raising hand, waiting turn

o Whole body listening

Foundational Literacy:

Words vs. pictures

Identifying objects/places in the classroom

Reading:

Back to school books

What is a book/story?

Writing:

Recognizing/writing name

Introducing fine motor tools (Play-Doh, pom-poms, stickers, etc.)

Math:

Counting aloud (at least to 10)…letters in name, objects, etc.

Introduce and sort circle and square

Social/Emotional: walking in the hall; raising

hand

Notes:

Week Two 8/13 – 8/17 BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Say the alphabet

Sight Words: -

Theme:

Me and My School


Speaking in complete sentences


o Raising hand, waiting turn

o Whole body listening


Orally produce complete sentences

Model tracking print

o Predictable chart (My name is…)

Reading:

What is an author?

Writing:


Fine motor activities (scribbling, beads, pom-poms, stickers, Play-Doh)

Line vs. curve

Directed drawing: Self Portrait

Math:

Counting aloud to 10+

Introduce subitizing to 5 (number is same, regardless of arrangement)

Sort circle, square; introduce triangle and rectangle

Social/Emotional: roles of school

helpers/administration; respect Notes:

Week Three 8/20 - 24 BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Bb Pp

Sight Words: red, blue, yellow, green, orange

Theme:

Colors



Appropriate details (ex: the sun is yellow not blue, able to explain why)


Tracking print o Predictable chart (I like (color))

Words=specific sequence of letters

Letters are upper and lowercase

Reading:

What is an illustrator?

Model picture walks (picture tells a story)

Writing:


Fine motor activities (scribbling, beads, pom-poms, stickers, Play-Doh)

Directed drawing: A box of crayons (square, triangles, rectangle)

Math:

Counting aloud to 10+

1 to 1 correspondence (number names in order, moving objects as counted)

Shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, introduce: hexagon)

Social/Emotional: taking turns, what is a tattle

Notes:

Week Four 8/27- 8/31 BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Mm Tt

Sight Words: purple, pink, brown, gray, black, white

Theme:

Colors


Verbally express thoughts, ideas & feelings

Asking and answering a question (how to ask for help, how to ask to go to the bathroom, etc.)

How not to interrupt


Words are separated by spaces

Recognize letters in isolation and text

Recognize rhyming (nursery rhymes)

Predictable chart (I like to _____)

Reading:

Roles of author and illustrator

How do pictures relate to text? Model a “right” and a “wrong” picture to text comparison…Pictures make sense

Writing:

Fine motor activities

Name writing/recognition of own and others in the classroom

Straight line/curve line

Directed drawing: School Building

Math:

Left and right; front and back/behind

Counting aloud to 10+; counting backwards from 10 • 1 to 1 correspondence when counting

Subitizing and sorting objects (sort by shape)

Social/Emotional: How to wash hands

Notes: PICTURE DAY 8/27

Week Five 9/4 – 9/7 (shorter week) BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Aa

Sight Words: a I

Theme:

Apples


Labeling a picture and describing…asking questions about a picture (what’s in the box? (an apple))


Vocabulary: core = middle; real-life connection with words and meanings

What is a word? What is a letter? Sort words/letters

Predictable chart: I Like (color) apples.

Reading:


How do pictures relate to text? Model a “right” and a “wrong” picture to text comparison…Pictures make sense

Writing:

Fine motor activities

Name writing/recognition of own and others in the classroom

Straight line/curve line

Directed drawing: An apple

Math:

Patterns (AB, ABB, ABC, AABB, etc.)

Graphing (favorite apple) •Counting aloud to 10+; backwards from 10

Subitizing and sorting objects (by color, by shape) • 1 to 1 correspondence

Social/Emotional:

Notes: LABOR DAY 9/3…begin report card testing

Week Six 9/10 – 9/14 BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Hh Ww

Sight Words: like the

Theme:

Five Senses


Review rules for conversation

Asking and answering questions

Labeling and describing a picture


Sorting words and letters

Rhyming words

Predictable chart (I use my ___ to ___)

Reading:


Review relationship between pictures and text

Writing:

Name writing/recognition of own and others

Fine motor activities (lacing beads – extend to math)

Directed drawing: Mr. Potato Head

Math:

Counting aloud to 10+; Count back from 10 • 1 to 1 correspondence when counting

Name all 2D shapes •Describe shapes seen in real-life pictures

Sorting objects in categories with 10 or less

Social/Emotional:

Notes: Book Fair begins

Week Seven 9/17-9/20 BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Nn Dd

Sight Words: my is

Theme:

Seasons/Weather (Unit Starter)




Labeling and describing a picture


Words are separated by spaces

Letters are consonants and vowels

Recognizing rhymes; begin producing

Predictable chart (The weather can be _____)

Reading:


Author’s purpose (to inform)

Parts of a book: nonfiction features – index, glossary, bold print, headings

Writing:

Sharing the pen – write on chart paper together

Write/draw informational piece (seasons/weather)

Directed drawing: A tree in Fall

Math:

Counting aloud to 50+ • Writing numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 • Match objects to numbers

Introduce tangrams for building larger shapes •Use/draw shapes (directed drawing)

Compare groups of objects using “greater than, less than, equal to”

Social/Emotional:

Notes: PT Conferences ; Fall Cookout 9/20

Week Eight 9/24 – 9/28

BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Gg Ii

Sight Words: on to

Theme:




Asking and answering questions … how do you know that?


Words are made up of syllables

Using nouns and verbs when speaking

Recognize and produce rhymes

Predictable chart (My favorite season is ____)

Reading:

Ask & answer questions about details in a text.

Vocabulary words from read-alouds

Identify parts of a nonfiction book

Author’s purpose (entertain)

Writing:

Shared Writing • Directed Drawing: A tree in a chosen season

Draw/Dictate/Write about the seasons (opinion…my favorite season is…because…use for portfolio point A)

Writing stamina (play music while students scribble, draw, write)

Math:

Counting aloud to 50+ • Writing numbers 4, 5, 6 • Match objects to numbers

Discuss concept of as you count, the number gets bigger


Social/Emotional:

Notes: Begin portfolio collection for Point As

Week Nine 10/1 – 10/5 BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Cc Kk

Sight Words: have said

Theme:



Ask and answer questions

Using positional words and prepositions

Adding plural endings to nouns (one cat, two cats)


Counting syllables in words Predictable chart: I can ____ (verb) said…

Listening for long and short vowels

Vocabulary: distinguish shades of meaning among verbs: skip/hop/jump…etc.

Reading:

Ask & answer questions about details in a text.

Vocabulary words from read-alouds

Identify parts of a nonfiction book

Author’s purpose (persuade)

Writing:

Shared writing

Directed Drawing: A firetruck

Begin narrative writing (class story)

Math:

Counting aloud to 50+ • Writing numbers 7, 8, 9 • Match objects to numbers

Decomposing numbers: ways to make 3, 4, 5, 6


Social/Emotional:

Notes: Tailgate Party 10/5; portfolio collections for Point As

Week 10 10/15 – 10/19 BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: Yy Ff

Sight Words: am at

Theme:

Owls & Bats/Nocturnal Animals



Adding plural endings to nouns



Counting and pronouncing syllables in words Listen for long and short vowels

Use vocabulary from texts Predictable chart: The bat is _____.

Reading:

Ask and answer questions about details from a text

Nonfiction text features

Author’s Purpose (inform, ent., persuade)

Writing:

Shared writing

Directed Drawing: An owl

Continue narrative writing (class story)

Math:

Counting aloud to 50+ • Writing numbers 0-10 • Match objects to numbers

Decomposing numbers: ways to make 7, 8, 9


Social/Emotional:

Notes: Portfolio collections for Point As



Letters: Oo Rr Ss

Sight Words: and see

Theme:

Pumpkins






Count, pronounce, blend syllables


Recognize and produce rhymes

Predictable chart (I have # pumpkins.)

Reading:


Nonfiction text features


Writing:

Shared writing • Stamina writing

Informative writing (pumpkin fact)

Continue narrative writing (class story)

Directed Drawing: Pumpkin

Math:


Decomposing numbers: ways to make 10 • Review shapes


Social/Emotional: Notes: Finish Point As



Letters: Ll Vv

Sight Words: do you all

Theme:

Halloween


What do you know about…how do you know that? Asking and answering questions




Count, pronounce, blend, segment syllables


Predictable chart (I can be a _____) costume

Reading:



Writing:


Continue narrative writing (create a silly Halloween story) … students illustrate parts

Directed Drawing: Frankenstein/Monster

Math:


Decomposing numbers: ways to make 10 • Review shapes


Social/Emotional: Notes:



Letters: Jj Ee

Sight Words: no yes

Theme:

Food & Nutrition


Identify beginning sounds • Introduce CVC words (model stretching and writing CVC words)

Introduce VPM in shared reading and writing • Sort objects into categories (foods)

Discuss opposites (verbs and adjectives – ex: day/night, happy/sad, healthy/unhealthy)

Reading:

Literature: introduce retelling a simple story (begin with using pictures only to retell)

Informational: Introduce main topic and supporting details

Writing:

Daily shared writing

Independent writing/drawing an opinion piece. ____ is healthy because ______.

Directed drawing: a fruit or vegetable

Math:

Counting aloud to 100 • Counting on from any other number besides 1

Introduce 3D shapes (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere)

Compare groups of objects and numbers using “greater than, less than, equal to”

Social/Emotional:

Notes:



Letters: Zz Xx

Sight Words: of in big

Theme:

Thanksgiving


Identify beginning & ending sounds • Tapping/Zipping or Stretching out CVC words

Model VPM when writing a sentence • Sort objects into categories


Reading:

Literature: introduce retelling a simple story (begin with using pictures only to retell)


Writing:

Directed Drawing: Indian or Pilgim

Daily shared writing

Independent writing/drawing an opinion piece. I am thankful for _______

Math:


Introduce 3D shapes (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere)



Week 15 11/19 – 11/20 (shorter week) BRAINSTORMING BOX:


Letters: REVIEW ALL

Sight Words: go come

Theme:

Thanksgiving


Identify beginning & ending sounds • Tapping/Zipping or Stretching out CVC words

Model VPM when writing a sentence • Sort objects into categories


Reading:

Literature: discuss retelling a simple story


Writing:

Directed Drawing: Turkey

Math:


Review 3D shapes (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere)





Letters: Qq Uu

Sight Words: we me

Theme:

Family/Christmas


Identify beginning, ending, and medial sounds • Tapping/Zipping or Stretching out CVC words

Model VPM when writing a sentence • Segment onsets and rimes of CVC words

Reading:



Writing:


Introduce Opinion Writing

Directed Drawing: Me and My Family

Letter to Santa

Math:


Review 3D shapes (cube, cone, cylinder, sphere)





Letters: REVIEW

Sight Words: he she it

Theme:

Christmas


Identify beginning, ending, and medial sounds • Decode regularly spelled CVC words


Write upper/lowercase letters from memory

Reading:



Writing:


Introduce Informative Writing

Directed Drawing: Reindeer

Math:


Compare and contrast 2D and 3D shapes • Model shapes by building and drawing


Social/Emotional:

Notes:



Letters: REVIEW

Sight Words: want for

Theme:

Christmas


Identify beginning, ending, and medial sounds • Decode regularly spelled CVC words



Reading:



Writing:


Discuss Narrative Writing (Elf Stories)

Directed Drawing: Santa

Math:


Compare and contrast 2D and 3D shapes • Model shapes by building and drawing


Social/Emotional: Notes: Polar Express Day & Supper With Santa – 12/14 ; Abbreviated Day 12/18



Letters: REVIEW

Sight Words: look

Theme:

New Year



Review letters and sounds

Reading:

Review rules for listening to a story

Writing:

Shared writing – draw/dictate/write a resolution for the new year

Create a class anchor chart of our goals

Math:





Letters: REVIEW

Sight Words: what was

Theme:

Snowmen


Identify and change phonemes in one-syllable words • Decode regularly spelled CVC words

Identify the different letters in CVC words (ex: cup, cop; bin, big) “What’s different?”


Reading:

Literature: orally identify characters, setting, and major events

Informational: Orally identify connections between two events, ideas, or pieces of information in the text

Writing:


Draw/dictate/write opinion piece

Directed Drawing: Snowman

Math:


Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 using objects or drawings




Letters: Intro. digraphs

Sight Words: be are

Theme:

MLK Jr./Black History


Represent phonemes, first to last, in simple words using letters (invented spelling)

Identify the different letters in CVC words (ex: cup, cop; bin, big) “What’s different?”


Reading:

Literature: ask and answer questions about unknown words (vocabulary)

Informational: determine the meanings of words and phrases (vocabulary)

Writing:


Draw/dictate/write informative piece

Directed Drawing: MLK

Math:


Find the number that makes 10 when added to any given number from 1 to 9 using objects or drawings (record each) 10 frames and counters





Sight Words: here can

Theme:

Arctic & Antarctic Animals


Represent phonemes, first to last, in simple words using letters (invented spelling)

Spell with short vowel CVC, VC and long vowel CV words (IMP. FOR PORTFOLIO!)


Reading:

Identify different types of text (poetry, song, nursery rhymes, fiction, nonfiction)

Writing:


Draw/dictate/write narrative piece

Directed Drawing: penguin or polar bear

Math:


Add and subtract within 10 to solve contextual problems using objects or drawings to represent

Social/Emotional: Notes: MLKJr. Day 1/21




Sight Words: up down

Theme:

Community Helpers/When I Grow Up


Writing sight words • Recognize and name end punctuation

Spell with short vowel CVC, VC and long vowel CV words (IMP. FOR PORTFOLIO!)


Reading:

With prompting and support students will read kindergarten-appropriate stories, poems, and info. text (guided reading groups)

Writing:


Draw/dictate/write informational piece (when I grow up I want to be a …)

Directed Drawing: a community helper

Math:






Letters: Digraphs & Blends

Sight Words: this will

Theme:

Space



Identify new meanings for familiar words • Identify multiple-meaning words


Reading:


Review nonfiction features

Writing:


Draw/dictate/write narrative piece (If were on the moon, I would…)

Directed Drawing: an astronaut or the moon

Math:



Social/Emotional: Notes: Dad/Daughter, Mom/ Son Dance 2/8




Sight Words: say says

Theme:

Valentine’s Day/ Space Cont.



Read emergent reader text with purpose and understanding

Reading:

Literature: with prompting and support orally compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories

Writing:

With guidance and support produce writing based on audience, task, and purpose (a Valentine letter to a character)

Directed Drawing: a Love Monster

Math:

Counting aloud to 100 • Writing numbers 10 to 20

Count and answer how many up to 20





Sight Words: they them

Theme:

Presidents




Understand and use question words

Reading:

Informational Text: with prompting and support, orally identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic

Writing:

With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from others; add detail to strengthen writing (rubrics)

Directed Drawing: Lincoln/Washington

Math:

Counting aloud to 100 • Writing numbers 10 to 20

Represent addition and subtraction in a variety of ways

Social/Emotional: Notes: President’s Day 2/18




Sight Words: there where

Theme:

Dr. Seuss





Reading:


Compare and contrast nonfiction and fiction

Writing:

With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from others; add detail to strengthen writing (rubrics)

Directed Drawing: Dr. Seuss

Math: Counting aloud to 100 • Writing numbers 10 to 20


Compose and decompose numbers 11-19 into 10 ones and some more ones

Social/Emotional: Notes: Portfolio Point Bs

Week 28 3/4 - 3/8 BRAINSTORMING BOX:



Sight Words: when then

Theme:

Living & Nonliving (Unit Starter)





Reading:


Writing:

Participate in shared research and writing projects (Unit Starter)

With guidance and support recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources

Math: Counting aloud to 100 • Writing numbers 10 to 20



Social/Emotional: Notes: Portfolio Point Bs




Sight Words: with now

Theme:






Reading:


Writing:



Math: Counting aloud to 100 • Writing numbers 10 to 20 and beyond



Social/Emotional:

Notes: Elegant Dinner 3/14; Portfolio Point Bs




Sight Words: who help

Theme:






Reading:


Writing:






Social/Emotional:

Notes: Spring Party 3/22 ; Spring Break 3/25-3/29; Finish Portfolio Point Bs




Sight Words: away play

Theme:

Insects




Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehesion

Reading:


Writing:

With guidance and support from adults and in collaboration from peers, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and share writing

Directed drawing: A bug


Identify coins and values





Sight Words: little some

Theme:

Butterflies & Frogs (Life Cycles)




Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

Reading:


Writing:


Directed drawing: A butterfly


Identify coins and values

Fluently add and subtract within 10 using mental strategies

Social/Emotional:

Notes: Rhea 5K 4/13




Sight Words: behind under

Theme:

Earth Day/Easter





Reading:


Writing:


Directed drawing: The Earth


Identify coins and values • Describe measurement (length, height, weight)


Social/Emotional: Notes: Good Friday 4/19




Sight Words: soon too

Theme:

Ocean Life





Reading:


Writing:


Directed drawing: A Fish

Math:

Counting aloud to 100 • Writing numbers 10 to 20 and beyond

Identify coins and values • Describe measurement (length, height, weight), compare based on measurable attributes •Fluently add and subtract within 10 using mental strategies

Social/Emotional: Notes: K Parade 4/25; Fish Fry 4/26




Sight Words: please good

Theme:

Tennessee


Writing sight words



Reading:


Writing:


Directed drawing: State Flag


Describe and compare measurable attributes (height, weight, length, temperature, volume)






Sight Words: could would should

Theme:

Mother’s Day/ Reading Celebration




Reading:


Writing:


Directed drawing: Spring Picture



Review coins and amounts

Social/Emotional:

Notes: Reading Celebration 5/10




Sight Words: REVIEW ALL

Theme:

Kindergarten Memories




Reading:


Writing:




Social/Emotional: Notes: K Awards 5/14; Last day 5/22

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